Publications grouped by project title:

• African-origin populations in Cameroon

• Alaska Native Villages

• Apache Healthy Stores

• Baltimore Healthy Stores

• The Barbados Cancer Study

• Cancer ACCESS

• Caring and Responding Edmonton: The CARE Project

• Colorectal Adenoma Case-control Study in Japanese Brazilians

• Healthy Foods North

• Maternal and Infant Health Project

• The Multi-Ethnic Cohort Study

• Navajo Healthy Stores

• Social Determinants of Health Among Indigenous Peoples in Alberta

• SODIUM-HF Pilot Study

• South Africa

• Trinidad and Tobago

• WHY ACT NOW

• Zhiiwaapenewin Akino’maagewin: Teaching to Prevent Diabetes

• Other

 

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African-origin populations in Cameroon (urban and rural), Jamaica, and Manchester, UK

Development of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire and assessment of nutritional intake.

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2011:

• Nutrient intakes and dysglycaemia in populations of West African origin.

2009:

• Nutritional composition of commonly consumed composite dishes for Afro-Caribbeans (mainly Jamaicans) in the United Kingdom.

2007:

• Nutritional composition of commonly consumed composite dishes from the Central Province of Cameroon.

• Diet and overweight and obesity in populations of African origin: Cameroon, Jamaica and the UK.

2003:

• Nutrient intakes of an adult Pakistani, European and African-Caribbean community in inner city Britain.

2002:

• Assessing the diet of British African-Caribbean population: frequency of consumption of foods and food portion sizes.

2001:

• Cultural differences in assessing dietary intake and providing relevant dietary information to British African – Caribbean populations.

• Habitual diet in four populations of African origin: a descriptive paper on nutrient intakes in rural and urban Cameroon, Jamaica and Caribbean migrants in Britain.

2000:

• The habitual diet in rural and urban Cameroon.

• Underreporting of energy intake in four populations of African origin.

1999:

• Nutrient intake trends among African-Caribbeans in Britain: a migrant population and its second generation.

• Complementary Feeding of Infants and Young Children.

1998:

• Nutrient intakes among UK African-Caribbeans: changing risk of coronary heart disease.

1996:

• Development of food frequency questionnaires in three population samples of African origin from Cameroon, Jamaica and Caribbean migrants to the UK.

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Healthy Foods North

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A community-based nutrition and lifestyle intervention program among Inuit and Inuvialuit in Arctic Canada.

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2015:

• Traditional food consumption is associated with better diet quality and adequacy among Inuit adults in Nunavut, Canada

2014:

• Food expenditure patterns in the Canadian Arctic show cause for concern for obesity and chronic disease

• Assessment of Dietary Intake among Inuvialuit in Arctic Canada Using a Locally Developed Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire

• Traditional food patterns are associated with better diet quality and improved dietary adequacy in Aboriginal peoples in the Northwest Territories, Canada

• Impact of the Healthy Foods North nutrition intervention program on Inuit and Inuvialuit food consumption and preparation methods in Canadian Arctic communities

• Changing dietary patterns in the Canadian Arctic: Frequency of consumption of foods and beverages by Inuit in three Nunavut communities

2013:

• Dietary Adequacy of Vitamin D and Calcium among Inuit and Inuvialuit Women of Child-Bearing Age in Arctic Canada: A Growing Concern

• Healthy Foods North improves diet among Inuit and Inuvialuit women of childbearing age in Arctic Canada

• Eating habits of a population undergoing a rapid dietary transition: portion sizes of traditional and non-traditional foods and beverages consumed by Inuit adults in Nunavut, Canada.

• Dietary adequacy and alcohol consumption of Inuvialuit women of child-bearing age in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

• Nutrient intakes, major food sources and dietary inadequacies of Inuit adults living in three remote communities in Nunavut, Canada.

• Smoking and dietary inadequacy among Inuvialuit women of child bearing age in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

• A Community-Based, Environmental Chronic Disease Prevention Intervention to Improve Healthy Eating Psychosocial Factors and Behaviors in Indigenous Populations in the Canadian Arctic.

2012:

• Assessment of supplement use (including vitamin D) in Inuvialuit adults in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

• Dietary quality and adequacy among Aboriginal alcohol consumers in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

• Frequency of consumption of foods and beverages by Inuvialuit adults in Northwest Territories, Arctic Canada.

• Differences in dietary quality and adequacy by smoking status among a Canadian Aboriginal population.

• Dietary adequacy and dietary quality of Inuit in the Canadian Arctic who smoke and the potential implications forchronic disease.

2011:

• Vitamin D deficiency and disease risk among aboriginal Arctic populations.

• Sources of Food Affect Dietary Adequacy of Inuit Women of Childbearing Age in Arctic Canada.

2010:

• Assessing diet and lifestyle in the Canadian Arctic Inuit and Inuvialuit to inform a nutrition and physical activity intervention programme.

• Impact of the changing food environment on dietary practices of an Inuit population in Arctic Canada.

• Dietary adequacy of Inuit in the Canadian Arctic.

• Assessment of dietary adequacy in a remote Inuvialuit population.

• Prevalence and risk factors for self-reported chronic disease amongst Inuvialuit populations.

• Socioeconomic indicators and frequency of traditional food, junk food, and fruit and vegetable consumption amongst Inuit adults in the Canadian Arctic.

• Food patterns and socioeconomic indicators of food consumption amongst Inuvialuit in the Canadian Arctic.

• Validation of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire for Inuit population in Nunavut, Canada.

• Validation of a culturally appropriate quantitative food frequency questionnaire for Inuvialuit population in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

• Healthy food intentions and higher socioeconomic status are associated with healthier food choices in an Inuit population.

• Important psychosocial factors to target in nutrition interventions to improve diet in Inuvialuit communities in the Canadian Arctic.

• Awareness of chronic disease diagnosis amongst family members is associated with healthy dietary knowledge but not behaviour amongst Inuit in Arctic Canada.

• High levels of physical activity and obesity co-exist amongst Inuit adults in Arctic Canada.

• Inuvialuit adults in the Canadian Arctic have a high body mass index and self-reported physical activity.

• Addressing the public health burden caused by the nutrition transition through the Healthy Foods North nutrition and lifestyle intervention programme.

• Assessing dietary intake in a population undergoing a rapid transition in diet and lifestyle: the Arctic Inuit in Nunavut, Canada.

• Participatory Research for Chronic Disease Prevention in Inuit Communities.

2009:

• Dietary Intake in a Population Undergoing a Rapid Transition in Diet and Lifestyle: The Inuvialuit in the Northwest Territories of Arctic Canada.

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Social Determinants of Health Among Indigenous Peoples in Alberta

 

The aim of this project was to conduct a systematic review that included reviewing published and grey literature on the social

determinants of health among Indigenous peoples in Alberta.

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2017:

• Assessing health care access among Indigenous peoples in Alberta: a systematic review

2015:

• Understanding the social determinants of health among Indigenous Canadians: Priorities for health promotion policies and actions

 

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SODIUM-HF Pilot Study (in partnership with Dr. Justin Ezekowitz, Director of the Heart Function Clinic, University of Alberta)

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This 6-month pilot randomized controlled trial assessed the benefits of a low sodium diet versus a moderate sodium diet on QOL, BNP levels, diuretic dosage, NYHA class, and composite clinical outcomes. The rationale for the study was to determine the optimal level of sodium retention in heart failure patients and inform sample size calculations for a larger randomized controlled trial.

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2017:

• Changes in dietary intake and nutritional status associated with a significant reduction in sodium intake in heart failure patients. A sub-analysis of the SODIUM-HF-pilot study

2015: 

• The long-term effects of dietary sodium restriction on clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure. The SODIUM-HF (Study of Dietary Intervention Under 100 MMOL in Heart Failure): A Pilot Study

 

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WHY ACT NOW

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This project worked to adequately address the challenges faced by urban Indigenous and new Canadian youth, and developed, implemented, and evaluated an evidence-based program with four partner groups (youth, community advisory board, Indigenous organizations, and the government). This proposal will also add to the very limited data for the health of urban Indigenous and new Canadian youth in Edmonton.

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2020:

• Dietary adequacy among multi-ethnic urban youth in Edmonton: Findings from the Wellness and Health in Youth – Aboriginal and All Communities in Transition NOW (WHY ACT NOW) project

• Elevated blood pressure and associations with sodium intake among multiethnic youth in Edmonton, Canada: findings from WHY ACT NOW

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2019:

• Prevalence of known risk factors for Type 2 diabetes mellitus among multi-ethnic urban youth in Edmonton: Findings from the WHY ACT NOW project

2018:

• Adherence to Canada's Food Guide recommendations among Alberta’s multi-ethnic youth is a major concern: findings from the WHY ACT NOW project

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2015:

• Factors Influencing the Health and Wellness of Urban Aboriginal Youths in Canada: Insights of In-Service Professionals, Care Providers, and Stakeholders

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Cancer ACCESS

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The Cancer ACCESS Project aimed to identify thoughts and attitudes toward cancer and cancer screening services among Indigenous peoples living in remote Arctic communities. Additionally, this study highlighted the barriers that exist to screening, found ways to increase cancer screening uptake levels and, ultimately, worked to improve cancer awareness.

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2014: 

• Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours towards cancer screening in indigenous populations: a systematic review

 

 

 

Caring and Responding Edmonton: The CARE Project

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Through the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation, the Indigenous and Global Health Research Group received funding  to work with community partners to improve the experience of accessing health and wellness services, with a focus on Edmonton’s most vulnerable populations.

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2024: 

• Community experiences with police and implications for public health: A focus group study.

2019: 

• Opportunities for improving patient experiences among medical travellers from Canada’s far north: a mixed-methods
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Maternal Health Project

 

This study is working to assess and identify the factors that affect maternal health among Indigenous women living in the Canadian Arctic.

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2016:

• Canadian Indigenous women’s perspectives of maternal health and health care services: a systematic review

 

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Assessment of nutritional intake for the development of a nutritional intervention program to reduce risk for chronic disease by improving dietary quality.

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2012:

• Trends in energy and nutrient supply in Trinidad and Tobago from 1961 to 2007 using FAO food balance sheets.

2011:

• Nutritional composition of commonly consumed composite dishes in Trinidad.

• Dietary intake among adults in Trinidad and Tobago and development of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire to highlight nutritional needs for lifestyle interventions.

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Baltimore Healthy Stores (in partnership with Dr. Joel Gittelsohn, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

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A sustainable community-based nutrition intervention targeting low-income African Americans in Baltimore city.

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2015:

• Early obesity prevention: A randomized trial of a practice-based intervention in 0-24 month infants

• Impact of Baltimore Health Eating Zones: An environmental intervention to improve diet among African-American youth

• Food and nutrient intake in African American children and adolescents aged five to 16 years in Baltimore City

2013:

• Assessing dietary intake among infants and toddlers 0–24 months of age in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

2012:

• Understanding a Key Feature of Urban Food Stores to Develop Nutrition Intervention.

2011:

• Food Expenditures and Food Purchasing Among Low-Income, Urban, African-American Youth.

2010:

• Healthy food purchasing among African American youth: associations with child gender, adult caregiver characteristics and the home food environment.

• Korean American Storeowners’ Perceived Barriers and Motivators for Implementing a Corner Store–Based Program.

• An Urban Food Store Intervention Positively Affects Food-Related Psychosocial Variables and Food Behaviors.

• Food Insecurity Is Associated With Food-Related Psychosocial Factors and Behaviors among Low-Income African American Adults in Baltimore City.

• Process Evaluation of Baltimore Healthy Stores: A Pilot Health Intervention Program with Supermarkets and Corner Storesin Baltimore City.

2009:

• Assessment of dietary intake in an inner-city African American population and development of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire to highlight foods and nutrients for a nutritional intervention.

• Physical, Consumer, and Social Aspects of Measuring the Food Environment Among DiverseLow-Income Populations.

• A corner store intervention in a low-income urban community is associated with increased availability and sales of some healthy foods.

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Colorectal Adenoma case-control study in Japanese Brazilians

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Assessment of food, nutrient, and heterocyclic aromatic amines intake for identification of cancer risk.

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2019:

• Validation of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire for a Japanese population in Hawaii

2015:

• Comparison of plasma levels of obesity-related biomarkers among Japanese populations in Tokyo, Japan, São Paulo, Brazil, and Hawaii, USA.

• Comparison of plasma levels of nutrient-related biomarkers among Japanese populations in Tokyo, Japan, São Paulo, Brazil, and Hawaii, USA.

2012: 

• Validation of a Quantitative FFQ for a study of diet and risk of colorectal adenoma among Japanese Brazilians.

2010:

• Nutritional composition of dishes commonly consumed by Japanese Brazilians in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

• Heterocyclic amines content of meat and fish cooked by Brazilian methods.

2009:

• Development of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire for assessing food, nutrient, and heterocyclic aromatic amines intake in Japanese Brazilians for a colorectal adenoma case-control study.

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The Multiethnic Cohort Study

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Collection of prospective data for inter-ethnic comparisons of diet and cancer relationships.

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2016:

• Dietary sources of calcium, vitamin D, and the pattern of dairy products consumption in five ethnic groups in the United States

2014:

• Fruits, Vegetables, and Hypertensive Disease Mortality

• Sources of vegetables, fruits and vitamins A, C and E among five ethnic groups: Results from a multiethnic cohort study

• Fruit and vegetable consumption, ethnicity and risk of fatal ischemic heart disease

2013:

• Impact of Diet on Mortality From Stroke: Results From the U.S. Multiethnic Cohort Study

• Adherence to recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake, ethnicity and ischemic heart disease mortality.

• Ethnic differences in grains consumption and their contribution to intake of B-vitamins: Results of the Multiethnic Cohort Study.

• Contribution of meat to vitamin B12, iron and zinc intakes in five ethnic groups in the USA: implications for developing food-based dietary guidelines.

• Diet impacts mortality from cancer: results from the multiethnic cohort study.

2012: 

• Dietary sources of five nutrients in ethnic groups represented in the Multiethnic Cohort.

2010:

• Well-Done Meat Consumption, NAT1 and NAT2 Acetylator Genotypes and Prostate Cancer Risk: The Multiethnic Cohort study.

2009:

• Diabetes Prevalence and Body Mass Index Differ by Ethnicity: The Multiethnic Cohort.

2007:

• Multivitamin-multimineral supplements’ effect on total nutrient intake.

2006:

• A Comparison of Two Methods of Measuring Food Group Intake: Grams vs Servings.

2005:

• Dietary intakes and health-related behaviours of Korean American women born in the USA and Korea: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.

• Dietary Patterns Using the Food Guide Pyramid Groups Are Associated with Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.

2004:

• Adherence to the Food Guide Pyramid Recommendations Among African Americans and Latinos: Results from the Multiethnic Cohort.

2003:

• A New Standardized Food Grouping System Facilitates Studies of Diet and Chronic Diseases.

• Adherence to the Food Guide Pyramid recommendations among Japanese Americans, Native Hawaiians, and whites: Results from the Multiethnic Cohort Study.

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Navajo Healthy Stores (in partnership with Dr. Joel Gittelsohn, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

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Development of quantitative food frequency questionnaire and assessment of nutritional intake for the development, implementation and evaluation of a nutritional intervention program.

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2009:

• Dietary intake and development of a quantitative FFQ for a nutritional intervention to reduce the risk of chronic disease in the Navajo Nation.

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Barbados National Cancer Study

 

A nation-wide case-control study investigating environmental and genetic factors for breast cancer in a predominantly African-origin population with similar ancestry as African-Americans.

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2013:

• Urologic Characteristics and Sexual Behaviors Associated with Prostate Cancer in an African-Caribbean Population in Barbados, West Indies

2012:

• Family History of Prostate Cancer in a Black Population.

• Central Adiposity and Prostate Cancer in a Black Population.

2011:

• Prostate Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Barbados, West Indies.

2010:

• Validation of a quantitative FFQ for the Barbados National Cancer Study.

• The nutrition transition in Barbados: trends in macronutrient supply from 1961 to 2003.

2009:

• Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a Caribbean population: Comparisons with African-Americans.

• Risk factors for breast cancer in a black population—The Barbados National Cancer Study.

• Body size and breast cancer in a black population—The Barbados National Cancer Study.

2008:

• Assessing dietary patterns in Barbados highlights the need for nutritional intervention to reduce risk of chronic disease.

2007:

• Dietary intake and development of a quantitative food-frequency questionnaire for the Barbados National Cancer Study.

• Nutritional composition of the commonly consumed composite dishes for the Barbados National Cancer Study.

• African-Caribbean cancer consortium for the study of viral, genetic and environmental cancer risk factors.

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Apache Healthy Stores (in partnership with Dr. Joel Gittelsohn, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

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The development and use of a population-specific food frequency questionnaire to develop, implement and evaluate a food store-based nutrition intervention to reduce the risk of chronic diseases.

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2008:

• Nutritional composition of commonly consumed traditional Apache foods in Arizona.

2007:

• Dietary intake and a food-frequency instrument to evaluate a nutrition intervention for the Apache in Arizona.

2006:

• Psychosocial Determinants of Food Purchasing and Preparation in American Indian Households.

2005:

• Process evaluation of a store-based environmental obesity intervention on two American Indian Reservations.

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Zhiiwaapenewin Akino’maagewin: Teaching to Prevent Diabetes (in partnership with Dr. Joel Gittelsohn, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

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An intervention to reduce risk factors for diabetes among Canadian First Nations in Northwestern Ontario.

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2008:

• Dietary intake and development of a quantitative food-frequency questionnaire for a lifestyle intervention to reduce the risk of chronic diseases in Canadian First Nations in north-western Ontario.

• Process evaluation of a multi-institutional community-based program for diabetes prevention among First Nations.

• Food-related behavior, physical activity, and dietary intake in First Nations – a population at high risk for diabetes.

• An Integrated Multi-Institutional Diabetes Prevention Program Improves Knowledge and Healthy Food Acquisition in Northwestern Ontario First Nations.

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Helping Ourselves to Health: Alaska Native Villages (in partnership with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium)

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2015:

• Dietary Adequacy among Rural Yup’ik Women in Western Alaska

2014:

• Development of a Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire for use among the Yup’ik People of Western Alaska

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South Africa

2013:

• Dietary Adequacies among South African Adults in Rural KwaZulu-Natal

• Development of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire for use among rural South Africans in KwaZulu-Natal

2012:

• Nutritional composition of commonly consumed composite dishes from rural villages in Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Other

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2017: 

• Adverse events associated with medium- and long-term use of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain: an overview of Cochrane Reviews (Protocol)

• Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Indigenous populations in Canada: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2016:

• Impact of lifestyle interventions on depressive symptoms in individuals at-risk of, or with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

2015:

• Association between Western diet pattern and adult asthma

• Influence of depression on cardiometabolic responses to a lifestyle intervention in at-risk individuals

2014: 

• Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of wheezing and asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2011:

• The nutrition transition in the Republic of Ireland: trends in energy and nutrient supply from 1961 to 2007 using Food and Agriculture Organization food balance sheets.

2010:

• Use of FAO food balance sheets to estimate the potential ability of novel folate-enriched eggs to increase the folate supply in European Union countries.

2006:    

• Serum prostate-specific antigen but not testosterone levels decrease in a randomized soy intervention among men.

2003:

• Extending a multiethnic food composition table to include standardized food group servings.